COVID-19 test on dead Linden girl came back negative – Region 10

Nurses of the Linden Hospital Complex urging residents to stay home to help fight COVID-19. (Region 10 photo)

Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) today said that a COVID-19 test on a six-year-old girl who died after breathing problems came back negative.

However, because the test sample was taken from the child’s body 36 hours after it was placed in the morgue there is some doubt as to whether a proper test